Afternoon News Headlines (January 31, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Congress lost Opposition status in Odisha Assembly as number of party MLAs has decreased to 14: LoP Narasingha Mishra.

— Utkal University students stage dharna, protesting setting up 2nd campus of Ramadevi University in Utkal Varsity.

— Odisha: State Cabinet meeting to be held tomorrow evening.

— Boat capsizes in river Ganga in Bihar’s Patna, five dead, several missing, compensation announced; rescue operation underway.

— Rape of 8-month-old girl by her 28-year-old cousin; Supreme Court sets 2 doctor team to supervise.

— Tremors felt in parts of north India following a 6.1M earthquake on Afghanistan.

— Avalanche warning issued in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours.

— Rajinikanth appoints office-bearers to the Rajini Makkal Mandram for Tirunelveli.

— Income Tax department attaches Shah Rukh’s 250-crore Alibaug farmhouse

— India Open Super Series 1st round of Women’s Single: PV Sindhu wins against Natalia Koch Rohde, 21-10, 21-13.